'A daughter's telling of her father's tale of addiction, resurrection, dumb luck and love.
'Her whole life, Georgia's father has told her she will be the one to write his story. It's a story in which living is just a game of chance- why did Grant Tree survive when others didn't? Why did he find love and happiness, and a grown daughter to spill his story to so that she can record the whole beautiful, unlikely mess of it? Told in parallel to Grant's story is the life of his friend and dealer Brian Geoffrey Chambers, known in the book as Charlie, who was ultimately executed in Malaysia for drug smuggling.' (Publication summary)
'OLD BOY By Georgia Tree Fremantle Press, Narrative Nonfiction 240pp, $29.99 Old Boy is a small book about the small life of a man who was once a small-time criminal. Its protagonist, Grant Tree, served a couple of short sentences in jail for minor offences. The book is written by his daughter, Georgia Tree, and it’s difficult to imagine anyone else who might believe that her father’s small story would be worthy of a book.' (Introduction)
'OLD BOY By Georgia Tree Fremantle Press, Narrative Nonfiction 240pp, $29.99 Old Boy is a small book about the small life of a man who was once a small-time criminal. Its protagonist, Grant Tree, served a couple of short sentences in jail for minor offences. The book is written by his daughter, Georgia Tree, and it’s difficult to imagine anyone else who might believe that her father’s small story would be worthy of a book.' (Introduction)
